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Albert & Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$50k
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
Organizations funded FY2022
0%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2022
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2022
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 51
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
1
Total assets, FY2022
$33k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Albert & Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesHealthInternationalCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20221$50k0%
FY202132$105k9%
FY20207$94k29%
FY201930$101k0%
FY201848$122k8%
FY201751$123kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Civil Rights$331kEnvironment$72kInternational$54kAnimals$33kHuman Services$32kFood & Nutrition$21kEducation$20kHealth$19kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
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IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
OH
CA
UT
VA
MD
AZ
DC
AL
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of Albert & Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$20,00040%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$15,50040%
Sierra Club Foundation$14,00040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$12,00040%
The Carter Center Inc$10,00040%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$10,00040%
Marin Agricultural Land Trust$10,00040%
Human Rights Watch Inc$7,50040%
Program for Early Parent Support$6,50040%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$6,00040%
The Peoples Vanguard of Davis Inc$5,00015%
Wildlife Conservation Society$5,00020%
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$4,00030%
National Wildlife Federation$4,00040%
Audubon Canyon Ranch Inc$4,00040%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$4,00040%
University Child Development School$4,00040%
Blood Cancer United Inc$3,50010%
East Bay Spca$3,00020%
International Rescue Committee INC$3,00030%
Best Friends Animal Society$3,00030%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$3,00030%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$3,00040%
Defenders of Wildlife$3,00040%
Ocean Conservancy$3,00040%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$3,00040%
Upaya Social Ventures$2,50010%
The Marine Mammal Center$2,50030%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$2,50030%
Earth Island Institute Inc$2,00020%
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$2,00010%
Finca International Inc$2,00020%
The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$2,00020%
Alley Cat Allies Inc$2,00040%
Wildcare$2,00030%
Rainforest Action Network$2,00020%
Project Open Hand$2,00040%
Northwest Harvest Emm$1,50020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,25020%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$1,00020%
Grameen Foundation USA$1,00020%
Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance$1,0001n/a
Pelotonia$7501n/a
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$50010%
Facing Homelessness$50010%
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy$50010%

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($394k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Albert & Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $15,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Carter Center Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMonterey Bay Aquarium Foundation: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarin Agricultural Land Trust: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetProgram for Early Parent Support: $6,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Peoples Vanguard of Davis Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAudubon Canyon Ranch Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity Child Development School: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast Bay Spca: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Legal Defense Fund Inc: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAlameda County Community Food Bank: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUpaya Social Ventures: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Marine Mammal Center: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Campaign Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWildcare: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProject Open Hand: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Harvest Emm: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGrameen Foundation USA: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFacing Homelessness: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGolden Gate National Parks Conservancy: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 44.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN12.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Albert & Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust

How much does Albert & Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust give?
Albert & Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust reported 1 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 51 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does Albert & Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Civil Rights (54%), Environment (12%), International (9%).
Who are Albert & Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($20k), Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation ($16k), Sierra Club Foundation ($14k).
Does Albert & Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Albert & Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Albert & Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Network for Good.
Where is Albert & Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust based?
Albert & Pamela Bendich Charitable Trust is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 63 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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